The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-13

understood that the committee will make an
appeal to Judge Gresham. and ask that an
order be issued to the receiver forbiddng him to
carry out his outlined policy.
Local and State Notes.
j. II. Elder was yesterday appointed agent of
the Vandaia at Marshall Crossing. Ill
J. FL. Osborne was yesterday appointed agent
of the l., d. & s. road at Oakley. vice E. s.
Hi, resigned
General Manager Bradb bury. of the Lake Erie
& Western, left last evening for Chicago, in his
special car, where he goes to meet some OF the
directors
On Saturday last eighty-one railroad engines
were handled at Brightwood, representing the
mum Der of trains in and out in the twenty-four
hours This includes the business of the L Sc
St L. as we'll as the Bee-line proper.
On Sunday next the Indianapolis division of
the Order OF Railway Conductors Will hold their
annual meeting for the election of officers and
to select delegates to the national vention in
Toronto, Ontario, which occurs in May next.
The rate TO Jacksonville, Fla. is now $40. O5;
distance, $50 miles; the rate to San Francisco is
$40; distance. shortest route. 2, 700 miles. With
such discrimination in rates in favor of Pacific
coast points. Southern roads can hardly expect
20 recover the lost passenger traffic.
The general freight agents of the several In
dianapols roads yesterday sent out notices to
agents and shippers that on Dec 81 all special
rates az variance with published tariffs would
expire. and all freights must be billed after that
date at full tariff, unless hereafter especially in
structed otherwise.
The revenue from the passenger business done
over the l., B. & W. road in November shows an
month, 1856. There has not been month since
April that the passenger earnings have not
shown handsome increase this year the
corresponding months, 1886.
The management of the c. l., St L. e c. are
anxious TO make favorable showing of earn
ings this month, against December, 1885,
when the largest months earnings were shown
IN the history of the road, they reaching $780,
976 The first week of the month will show an
increase over last year, it is stated.
The l.. d. & S. company in their car-shops are
doing large amount of work for the Woodruff
Car Company, this year, having rebuilt ffty-five
of their coaches and last week they took in ten
moreto rebuild. The company also rebuild
ing in their locomotive shops two engines for
the Terre Haute q Peoria and two for the In
diana road.
The shipments of lumber from Michigan City
south are annually increasing, reaching
from 600 to 900 cars per month, and there is
sharp competition between the Lake Erie g
Western and the L., n. A. & c. for this bust
ness. Last month the former led the L., n. A
& O. in shipments twentyfour cars. Both claim
20 be adhering to tariff rates.
Parties conversant with the situation are of
opinion that before President Mackey returns
from New York he will have sold the Evans
trolling the Chicago & Eastern Illinois road. Ne
gotiations looking to such a result have been
long pending. and the Porter syndicate are said
TO be quite determined to bring the negotiations
to an end.
Officials OF the Indianapolis division of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers state that
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers were
not the first to suggest the bill to be presented
before Congress providing for the licensing of
locomotive engineers and requiring exami-
nation into their habits and qualifications So
far the Indianapolis division is concerned
they do not favor the bill
This month the employees the Bee line will
be paid in currency, the paymaster abolishing
the practice of paying by check, which was In
trnH na GH ANA fnF1r
ployes at the smaller stations experience good
deal O trouble In gettin to places where they
get their checks esshed, and it is believed by
.General-manager Beach that the paying in cash
will be much more satisfactory.
The Lake Erie e. Western road earned in
the first week in December. $50. sec. To- increase
over earnings for the corresponding week, 1886,
s. 1877 90. The statement shows that the L, P
& c. division earned more than in the CORE
spending week last year, and has been earning
more for some weeks past This the more
striking from the fact that the bound traffic
of the road out of Indianapolis, on reaching
Upton, is turned over to the l.. E. % W. main
line, to be forwarded east.
Another effort is to be made to consolidate the
mutual benefit associations of the Decline
proper. and the l. & st. L. road. The former
has 500 members the !. u St l.. but 300. A
majority of the latter object TO consolidation on
the grounds that a large per cent. of the mem
bersnip of the Decline association men well
advanced in years. and the death rate is very
large. and consequently the assessments nu-
merous, which is evidenced by the fact that in the
Bee-line association there have been twenty
two assessments the present year.
The Pennsylvania people will need look to their
laurels when the spring time table takes effect
on the Bee-line, il is proposed to run trarsi
TO connect with the fast trains over the Wander
ioilt roads. The best trains OF the New York
Central now make the run from Chicago to New
York. 961 miles. in twenty six hours, while the
best trains of the Pennsylvania make the run
from Indianapolis to New York, distance SD
miles. in the same time, or. in other words. the
VRnder0ils trains run at a speed of thirty eight
miles per hour, and the Pennsylvania trains
only thirty-one miles per hour.
The business men of Texas. at the more prom
inent towns and cities, demanding from the
general passenger agents that they resume the
payment of commissions to Northern passenger
agents They claim that the Pacific coast roads
are all paying commissions. and this is drawing
business from Texas to California. On the I'd
Of this month a convention is to be held in Dali
las, Tex, TO take some action put a stop to
this alleged discrimination against Texas. A
committee of citizens of that State have ad-
dressed several passenger agents at Indianapolis
and other Northern points asking information as
to the effect OF Pacific coast lines paying COM
missions and Southern roads paying none. The
committee promise to keep the name of the
Miscellaneous Notes.
The Kansas & Arkansas road which connects
the Little Rock and the Missouri. Kansas e
Texas roads, will be completed within ninety
days. which means good deal in the hands of
Jay Gould
The Erie Railway Company testing the
Martin steam heater a number of their local
messenger trains, and if it performs satisfac-